Acts 11:3

Mace New Testament

and ask'd him, why did you go to eat with the uncircumcised?

Parallel Translations

Simplified Cowboy Version
"What do you think you are doing going in a Gentile's house?" they accused.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
saying, "You went to uncircumcised men and ate with them."

Legacy Standard Bible
saying, "You went to uncircumcised men and ate with them."

Bible in Basic English
Saying, You went to men without circumcision, and took food with them.

Darby Translation
saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised and hast eaten with them.

New King James Version
saying, "You went in to uncircumcised men and ate with them!"

Christian Standard Bible®
saying, "You visited uncircumcised men and ate with them!"

World English Bible
saying, "You went in to uncircumcised men, and ate with them!"

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
and didst eat with them.

Weymouth's New Testament
"You went into the houses of men who are not Jews," they said, "and you ate with them."

King James Version (1611)
Saying, Thou wentest in to men vncircumcised, & didst eate with them.

Literal Translation
saying, You went in to uncircumcised men and ate with them.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and sayde: Thou wentest in to men that are vncircumcysed, and hast eaten with them.

Amplified Bible
saying, "You went to uncircumcised men and [even] ate with them!"

American Standard Version
saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised, and didst eat with them.

Revised Standard Version
saying, "Why did you go to uncircumcised men and eat with them?"

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
sayinge: Thou wentest in to men vncircumcised and atest with them.

Update Bible Version
saying, You went in to uncircumcised men, and ate with them.

Webster's Bible Translation
Saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised, and didst eat with them.

Young's Literal Translation
saying -- `Unto men uncircumcised thou didst go in, and didst eat with them!'

New Century Version
They said, "You went into the homes of people who are not circumcised and ate with them!"

New English Translation
saying, "You went to uncircumcised men and shared a meal with them."

Berean Standard Bible
and said, "You visited uncircumcised men and ate with them."

Contemporary English Version
they said, "You stayed in the homes of Gentiles, and you even ate with them!"

Complete Jewish Bible
saying, "You went into the homes of uncircumcised men and even ate with them!"

English Standard Version
"You went to uncircumcised men and ate with them."

Geneva Bible (1587)
Saying, Thou wentest in to men vncircumcised, and hast eaten with them.

George Lamsa Translation
Saying he had entered into the houses of uncircumcised men and had eaten with them.

Hebrew Names Version
saying, "You went in to uncircumcised men, and ate with them!"

International Standard Version
They said, "You went to uncircumcised men and ate with them!"Acts 10:28; Galatians 2:12;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
saying, that unto men uncircumcised he had entered, and had eaten with them.

Murdock Translation
saying; that he had gone in to be with uncircumcised persons, and had eaten with them.

New Living Translation
"You entered the home of Gentiles and even ate with them!" they said.

New Life Bible
They said, "Why did you visit those people who are not Jews and eat with them?"

English Revised Version
saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised, and didst eat with them.

New Revised Standard
saying, "Why did you go to uncircumcised men and eat with them?"

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Saying - he went in unto men uncircumcised, and did eat with them.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Saying: Why didst thou go in to men uncircumcised and didst eat with them?

King James Version
Saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised, and didst eat with them.

Lexham English Bible
saying, "You went to men who were uncircumcised and ate with them!"

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Saying: Thou wentest in to men vncircucised, & diddest eate with them.

Easy-to-Read Version
They said, "You went into the homes of people who are not Jews and are not circumcised, and you even ate with them!"

New American Standard Bible
saying, "You went to uncircumcised men and ate with them."

Good News Translation
"You were a guest in the home of uncircumcised Gentiles, and you even ate with them!"

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and seiden, Whi entridist thou to men that han prepucie, and hast eete with hem?

Contextual Overview

¹ In the mean time, the apostles, and the brethren, who were in Judea, heard that the Gentiles had likewise receiv'd the word of God. ² and when Peter was return'd to Jerusalem, the Jewish converts objected to his conduct, ³ and ask'd him, why did you go to eat with the uncircumcised? ⁴ but Peter represented the whole affair to them, ⁵ saying, as I was at prayers in Joppa, I saw something like a great sheet, tied at the four corners, which descended from heaven, and came just to me. ⁶ as I was considering it very attentively, I saw several quadrupeds, wild beasts, reptiles and birds. ⁷ then I heard a voice, which said, rise, Peter; kill and eat. ⁸ but I said, Lord, by no means: for I never did eat any thing impure, and defiled. ⁹ but the voice from heaven address'd it self to me again, and said, don't call that impure, which God has purified. ¹⁰ this was done three times, and then the whole scene was mounted to heaven.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Acts 10:23, Acts 10:28, Acts 10:48, Luke 15:2, 1 Corinthians 5:11, 2 John 1:10

Reciprocal: Joshua 22:12 - the whole Matthew 20:11 - they murmured John 18:28 - and they Acts 10:45 - they Romans 2:26 - General Galatians 2:12 - he did Galatians 2:14 - If thou Colossians 2:16 - in meat 1 Thessalonians 2:16 - Forbidding

Cross-References

Hebrews 3:13
but exhort one another daily while the day lasts, lest any of you be hardned through the deceitfulness of sin.

Hebrews 10:24
and let us animate one another to the mutual returns of love, and kind offices: not abandoning our assemblies,

James 4:13
As for you, who affirm, "to-day, or, to-morrow we will go to such a city, we will stay there a whole year, there we will traffic, and find our account."

James 5:1
As for you that are rich: weep, and lament the miserys that are falling upon you.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Saying, thou wentest into men uncircumcised,.... Into the houses of such, and lodged with them, and familiarly conversed with them:

and didst eat with them; which, according to the traditions of the Jews, were unlawful; :- they say nothing about his preaching to them, and baptizing them, because these were so manifestly agreeable to the commission of Christ, in Matthew 28:19 and yet how these could be without the other, is not easy to say.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And didst eat with them - See the notes on Acts 10:13-14.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 11:3. Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised — In a Jew, this was no small offense; and, as they did not know the reason of St. Peter's conduct, it is no wonder they should call him to account for it, as they considered it to be a positive transgression of the law and custom of the Jews. There is a remarkable addition here in the Codex Bezae, which it will be well to notice. The second verse of the chapter begins thus:-

Now Peter had a desire for a considerable time to go to Jerusalem: and having spoken to the brethren, and confirmed them, speaking largely, he taught them through the countries, (i.e. as he passed to Jerusalem,) and, as he met them, he spoke to them of the grace of God. But the brethren who were of the circumcision disputed with him, saying, &c.